The Cloudbank Mystery
Re-cap of sessions 94, 95, 96, and 97 played on 10 April, 8 May, 15 May, and 22 May. Location: Natar (Far Home 0515) Dates: 252-5601 to 255-5601 You've trailed your friend Jarumi – that is to say, the biological android who appears to be a perfect copy of Nika Jarumi – to a gas giant orbiting a swollen red star. You find the planet blockaded by four mercenary cruisers. It's not difficult to bribe your way past them – only Cr20,000 – and you soon find out why: their real job is to preventing anything from leaving. They shoot to kill, no questions asked. Hidden in the upper atmosphere is the Cloudbank Synthetic Production Facility, a massive industrial space station nearly 2km in length. Nearby is an ancient retrofitted rocket thruster (the "Bell") that serves as a base for Divers: desperate treasure-seekers who enter Cloudbank in the hopes of retrieving some advanced tech that they can sell. Arkady, who runs the place, fills you in on the situation. Cloudbank ("th...
